Sleeping in the day

My 4 week old has been aslee ALL day. I am actually very concerned. Not only for my sanity tonight but she is only waking up for half a bottle then falling back asleep again anyone else had this. She literally hasn’t been awake for more than 3-4 20 minute sessions 🤯

My 4 week old boy was like that yesterday and last night. He was asleep for 5 and a half hours yesterday, woke up, had half a bottle, fell asleep straight away for another 4 hours. Last night he only woke up twice for a feed and slept right through the rest! Today is a bit of a struggle as he's fighting sleep but is more or less back to normal.

I don't know if it's a growth spurt or something else but I'm not overly concerned. He seems happy and there's plenty of wet and dirty nappies so I have no reasons to be worried

She was up quite a lot yesterday so maybe she is just catching up. She isn’t really drinking too much either tho she wakes up every couple of hours and has 2 oz or so I guess I’ll see how tonight goes. She does like her sleep but it’s just odd that she’s not been awake st all just to drink a little milk

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